Owner's Manual Media Console N40

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Menu System Mark Levinson
rial that was not specifically encoded for Dolby Pro Logic play-
back.
• Dolby Pro Logic II Movie with THX
The same decoding as Dolby Pro Logic II Movie, but with the
addition of THX post processing: re-equalization of the front
channels, and decorrelation and timbre-matching of the
surrounds.
• Dolby Pro Logic II Music
This mode is a specific permutation of the Dolby Pro Logic II
system that is optimized for multichannel playback of two-
channel music material that has not been specially encoded in
any way.
• NEO:6 Cinema
Provides up to six full-band channels of matrix decoding from
stereo matrix material
• NEO:6 Cinema with THX
The same decoding as NEO:6 Cinema, but with the addition of
THX post processing: re-equalization and timbre matching
filters.
• NEO:6 Music
Expands stereo non-matrix recordings into the five- or six-
channel layout in a way which does not diminish the subtlety
and integrity of the original stereo recording.
Mono Signal
As of today, the only truly “mono” digital signal that exists is Dolby
Digital 1.0, a mono version of the Dolby Digital standard. It is most
commonly used on old movies that were originally released in
mono, such as The Wizard of Oz or Casablanca.
Note Mono material is sometimes released as a two-channel recording,
where both channels are exactly the same. The signal itself is still in a
two channel format, however, and will be processed as such even
when there is only one channel of unique information being
conveyed.
Your processing options for one channel/mono material include:
• Mono in Center
A “true” mono, reproduced only through the center channel
speaker (and subwoofer, if configured with a crossover). Noisy
mono sound tracks sometimes enjoy significant noise reduction
by being reproduced in this mode.